Tracy Chapman

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.